North Korea to expel South Koreans from industrial park and freeze assets

Pyongyang also announced it was severing a military hotline between the two countries

The bridge linking North and South Korea Pic: Pixabay

North Korea said it was expelling South Koreans from a jointly-run industrial park and severing a military hotline between the two countries, a day after the government in Seoul announced its withdrawal from the site to punish Kim Jong Un for his recent nuclear test and long-range rocket launch.

The North Korea army is taking control of the Gaeseong industrial complex and freezing the assets of the more than 120 South Korean companies ...